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Can I reuse a large part of my own previously published paper in a new paper?
Can I self-plagiarise a part of a previous paper?
No, you most certainly cannot self-plagiarize. But also, what you are proposing to do does not actually sound like self-plagiarism, so maybe the ...
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An article containing a copyrighted figure should be embedded in a stapler thesis: How to fill in RightsLink form?
You definitely will need additional [licensing-permission] to reuse the third-party figure, though reuse in a thesis is typically easier to obtain than publication in subscription publication.
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Can I reuse a large part of my own previously published paper in a new paper?
"Copying an entire section of the old paper feels a bit like cheating, but rephrasing it just for the sake of avoiding self-plagiarism feels like pointless busy work."
How long is this ...
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Can I reuse a large part of my own previously published paper in a new paper?
You misunderstand the difference between self plagiarism and copyright infringement. First, if you cite the previous work then you aren't misattributing the ideas or breaking a chain of context, so it ...
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Can I use snippets from books on various subjects to make analytical reading questions?
While copyright law varies around the world, in most places you can do this as there is a standard permission in copyright law for such things ('teaching exception') most places.
But if your country ...
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Is it possible to share a CC-BY-licensed article on ResearchGate that contains copyrighted material?
First, IANAL, but my common sense evaluation is that you can share the article as you please since you have Springer's permission. But others can't share that image even though it is in your article.
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